Post Holdings, Inc. (POST) quarterly cash flow statement — complete operating, investing & financing history
Post Holdings, Inc. (POST) cash flow statement — 18-year operating, investing & financing cash flows
| Metric | Q3'26 | Q2'26 | Q1'26 | Q4'25 | Q3'25 | Q2'25 | Q1'25 | Q4'24 | Q3'24 | Q2'24 | Q1'24 | Q4'23 | Q3'23 | Q2'23 | Q1'23 | Q4'22 | Q3'22 | Q2'22 | Q1'22 | Q4'21 |
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| Cash from Operations | 213.3M | 242.3M | 235.7M | 301.3M | 225.9M | 160.7M | 310.4M | 235.4M | 272.3M | 249.6M | 174.4M | 269.8M | 282.2M | 100M | 98.3M | 164.5M | 76.1M | 35.9M | 106.1M | 192.9M |
| Operating CF Margin % | 10.95% | 11.86% | 10.84% | 13.41% | 11.38% | 8.23% | 15.72% | 11.71% | 13.98% | 12.49% | 8.87% | 13.87% | 15.18% | 6.17% | 6.28% | 10.42% | 4.99% | 2.55% | 7.93% | 14.23% |
| Operating CF Growth % | -5.58% | 50.78% | -24.07% | 27.99% | -17.04% | -35.62% | 77.98% | -12.75% | -3.51% | 149.6% | 77.42% | 64.01% | 270.83% | 178.55% | -7.35% | -14.72% | -67.34% | -24.9% | -7.34% | -11.19% |
| Net Income | 242.6M | -97M | 97M | 51M | 108.8M | 62.6M | 113.3M | 81.6M | 99.8M | 97.2M | 88.1M | 65.7M | 89.6M | 54.1M | 91.9M | 83.9M | 170.2M | 525.6M | -44.7M | 8.3M |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 424.2M | 138.2M | 152.5M | 146.2M | 132.2M | 125.6M | 120.3M | 124.2M | 120.7M | 119.6M | 112.4M | 113.8M | 106.5M | 94.2M | 92.6M | 94.7M | 93.8M | 95.3M | 96.4M | 97.9M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 61.6M | -22.4M | 22.4M | 0 | 0 | 20.3M | 0 | 23.5M | 0 | 0 | 19.1M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deferred Taxes | 25.5M | -21.7M | 21.7M | 6.2M | -11.4M | -11.2M | 21M | -1.6M | -20.7M | -14.6M | 1.4M | -11.7M | 16.7M | -19.5M | -8.4M | -700K | 12.2M | 4.9M | -29.5M | -7.8M |
| Other Non-Cash Items | -439.5M | 180M | 7.3M | 50.3M | 30.1M | 18M | 11.2M | 13.3M | 21.9M | 16.6M | 15.8M | 49.7M | -19.6M | 25.7M | -500K | -42.8M | -170.3M | -560.5M | 56.3M | 91.2M |
| Working Capital Changes | -101.1M | 65.2M | -65.2M | 47.6M | -33.8M | -54.6M | 44.6M | -5.6M | 50.6M | 30.8M | -62.4M | 52.3M | 89M | -54.5M | -77.3M | 29.4M | -29.8M | -29.4M | 27.6M | 3.3M |
| Change in Receivables | 17.2M | -42.2M | 42.2M | 8.3M | 7.3M | -84.2M | -30.2M | -43.2M | 27.2M | 18.3M | -21.8M | 48.3M | 8.3M | -36.2M | 10.2M | 3.7M | -73.5M | -60.1M | 40.7M | -26.7M |
| Change in Inventory | -58.6M | 22.9M | -22.9M | 19.9M | -50.6M | 24.5M | 10.7M | 43.2M | 7.6M | 21.7M | -9.2M | -11.2M | 20.9M | 3M | -44.6M | -28.2M | -6.9M | -13.7M | -25.6M | 50.1M |
| Change in Payables | -80.9M | 106.2M | -106.2M | -2.5M | -13.6M | 19.9M | 77.1M | 16.3M | -2.4M | -6.8M | -4.7M | 8.2M | 19.5M | -18.1M | -39.5M | 33M | 31.5M | 61M | 5.9M | -11.5M |
| Cash from Investing | -6.7M | -89.1M | 261.8M | -945.9M | -131.2M | -213.9M | -128.3M | -139.2M | -105.7M | -98.8M | -333.8M | -101.4M | -433.9M | -81M | -53M | -87.9M | -89.3M | -47M | 3.2M | -56.2M |
| Capital Expenditures | -82.1M | -91.3M | -116.4M | -149.7M | -131M | -90.5M | -139M | -139.2M | -110.8M | -98.7M | -80.8M | -101.1M | -69M | -80.6M | -52.3M | -88M | -64.8M | -44.6M | -57.3M | -49M |
| CapEx % of Revenue | 4.21% | 4.47% | 5.35% | 6.66% | 6.6% | 4.64% | 7.04% | 6.93% | 5.69% | 4.94% | 4.11% | 5.2% | 3.71% | 4.98% | 3.34% | 5.57% | 4.25% | 3.16% | 4.28% | 3.61% |
| Acquisitions | -380.8M | 2.3M | 378.5M | -795.8M | -100K | -123.2M | 11M | 1.2M | 4.6M | 0 | -252.7M | 100K | -709.5M | 0 | 100K | 200K | -24.2M | 3.3M | 64.4M | 400K |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Investing | 456.2M | -100K | -300K | -400K | -100K | -200K | -300K | -1.2M | 500K | -100K | -300K | -100K | 0 | 100K | -300K | 0 | 400K | -800K | -600K | -342.6M |
| Cash from Financing | -204.9M | -165.8M | -395.8M | -235.9M | 340M | -198.5M | -94.2M | 348.9M | -170.4M | 30.8M | 206.3M | -276M | -118M | -133.4M | -28.3M | 249.2M | -209.5M | -653.8M | 227.4M | -92.3M |
| Debt Issued (Net) | 0 | 168.8M | 55M | 40M | 400M | -1.2M | 125.5M | 405.7M | -16.1M | 92.8M | 277.4M | -128.5M | 354.6M | -44.3M | 38.2M | 347.1M | -63.3M | 61.1M | 513.9M | 0 |
| Equity Issued (Net) | -204.4M | -335.5M | -376.2M | -274.7M | -59.2M | -200M | -175.1M | -52M | -203.9M | -8.1M | -36.7M | -144.7M | -471.2M | -61.7M | -22M | -99.9M | -145.9M | -38.2M | -159M | -67.3M |
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Share Repurchases | -204.4M | -335.5M | -376.2M | -274.7M | -59.2M | -200M | -175.1M | -52M | -203.9M | -8.1M | -36.7M | -144.7M | -471.2M | -61.7M | -22M | -100M | -145.8M | -38.2M | -159M | -74.4M |
| Other Financing | -500K | 900K | -74.6M | -1.2M | -800K | 2.7M | -44.6M | -4.8M | 49.6M | -53.9M | -34.4M | -2.8M | -1.4M | -27.4M | -44.5M | 2M | -300K | -676.7M | -127.5M | -25M |
| Net Change in Cash | 1.1M | -13.3M | 101.9M | -881.2M | 438.7M | -249.8M | 84.2M | 447.1M | -3.8M | 181.6M | 48.8M | -109.6M | -269.3M | -113.8M | 19.8M | 322.6M | -225.8M | -666.8M | 488.5M | -110.7M |
| Free Cash Flow | 131.2M | 151M | 119.3M | 151.6M | 94.9M | 70.2M | 171.4M | 96.2M | 161.5M | 150.9M | 93.6M | 168.7M | 213.2M | 19.4M | 46M | 76.5M | 11.3M | -8.7M | 48.2M | 143.1M |
| FCF Margin % | 6.74% | 7.39% | 5.49% | 6.75% | 4.78% | 3.6% | 8.68% | 4.79% | 8.29% | 7.55% | 4.76% | 8.67% | 11.47% | 1.2% | 2.94% | 4.84% | 0.74% | -0.62% | 3.6% | 10.55% |
| FCF Growth % | 38.25% | 115.1% | -30.4% | 57.59% | -41.24% | -53.48% | 83.12% | -42.98% | -24.25% | 677.84% | 103.48% | 120.52% | 1786.73% | 322.99% | -4.56% | -46.54% | -94.04% | -478.26% | -20.46% | 0.35% |
| FCF per Share | 2.56 | 2.79 | 2.05 | 2.49 | 1.52 | 1.11 | 2.63 | 1.46 | 2.41 | 2.23 | 1.39 | 2.48 | 3.11 | 0.30 | 0.70 | 1.20 | 0.18 | -0.14 | 0.77 | 2.22 |
| FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income) | 3.36x | 2.96x | 2.43x | 5.91x | 2.08x | 2.57x | 2.74x | 2.88x | 2.73x | 2.57x | 1.98x | 4.11x | 3.15x | 1.85x | 1.07x | 1.96x | 0.45x | 0.07x | -5.10x | 6.45x |
| Interest Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taxes Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |